Since 1991 Ferdinand Hundt has held various positions in the department of clinical research at Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH, currently holding the position of Director Special Projects in Berlin. From 1999 to 2010 he was head of the Committee Clinical Research/Quality Assurance of the Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller e.V. (VfA) (Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies). He is a member of the Clinical Quality Assurance Group Germany (CQAG) and a Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (FFPM)/Royal Colleges of Physicians (UK), as well as a member of the Fortbildungsausschuss der Landesärztekammer Berlin (Committee on Further Training of the State Chamber of Physicians in Berlin).